Green bounced from PA US Sen ballot; HI GOP picks new US Sen nominee; Allen’s N-word problem; New polls; more.
Continue Reading September 26th, 2006
WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE.
BY THE NUMBERS: US SENATE RACES.
FLORIDA: US Senator Bill Nelson (D) - 56%, Congresswoman Katherine Harris (R) - 33%. (Rasmussen Reports).
NEBRASKA: US Senator Ben Nelson (D) - 55%, online investment executive Pete Ricketts (R) - 32%. (Rasmussen Reports).
NEVADA: US Senator John Ensign (R) - 58%, businessman Jack Carter (D) - 35%, State Party Chair Brendan Trainor (Libertarian) - 1%. (Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason-Dixon).
NEW JERSEY: State Senator Tom Kean Jr. (R) - 41%, US Senator Bob Menendez (D) - 40%. (Rasmussen Reports).
PENNSYLVANIA: State Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. (D) - 54%, US Senator Rick Santorum (R) - 40%. (Quinnipiac University).
PENNSYLVANIA: Casey (D) - 49%, Santorum (R) - 39%. (Temple University).
VERMONT: Congressman Bernie Sanders (Independent) - 64%, software executive Rich Tarrant (R) - 32%. (Rasmussen Reports).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.27.06
BY THE NUMBERS: GOVERNOR RACES.
ARIZONA: Governor Janet Napolitano (D) - 56%, Religious Right activist Len Munsil (R) - 38%. (Rasmussen Reports).
COLORADO: Former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter (D) - 50%, Congressman Bob Beauprez (R) - 34%. (Rasmussen Reports).
FLORIDA: Attorney General Charlie Crist (R) - 45%, Congressman Jim Davis (D) - 40%. (Rasmussen Reports).
FLORIDA: Crist (R) - 51%, Davis (D) - 36%. (Orlando Sentinel/Mason-Dixon).
MASSACHUSETTS: Former US Assistant Attorney General Deval Patrick (D) - 57%, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey (R) - 24%. (Rasmussen Reports).
NEBRASKA: Governor Dave Heineman (R) - 72%, publishing executive David Hahn (D) - 18%. (Rasmussen Reports).
OKLAHOMA: Governor Brad Henry (D) - 64%, Congressman Ernest Istook (R) - 33%. (KFOR-TV/SurveyUSA).
VERMONT: Governor Jim Douglas (R) - 52%, former State Party Chair Scudder Parker (D) - 38%. (Rasmussen Reports).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.27.06
BY THE NUMBERS: US HOUSE RACES.
COLORADO - CD-7: Former State Senator Ed Perlmutter (D) - 54%, State Higher Education Commission Chair Rick O’Donnell (R) - 37%, State Party Chair Dave Chandler (Green) - 2%, businessman Roger McCarville (Constitution) - 1%. (KUSA-TV/SurveyUSA).
DELAWARE - CD-AL: Congressman Mike Castle (R) - 61%, attorney Dennis Spivack (D) - 22%. (Fairleigh Dickinson University).
FLORIDA - CD-9: State Representative Gus Bilirakis (R) - 61%, former Hillsborough County Commissioner Phyllis Busansky (D) - 32%. (WFLA-TV/SurveyUSA).
NEVADA - CD-2: Secretary of State Dean Heller (R) - 45%, University Regent Jill Derby (D) - 42%. (Las Vegas Journal-Review/Mason-Dixon).
VERMONT - CD-AL: Senate President Pro Tem Peter Welch (D) - 51%, State Adjutant General Martha Rainville (R) - 43%. (Rasmussen Reports).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.27.06
PENNSYLVANIA: STATE JUDGE DISQUALIFIES GREEN FROM US SENATE RACE.
State Treasurer Bob Casey Jr.’s (D) campaign gained more momentum in the US Senate race this week after Carl Romanelli (Green) was kicked off the ballot by a state judge. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Commonwealth Court Judge James Kelly ruled that Romanelli was 9,000 signatures short of 67,070 needed to qualify for the November ballot. Several weeks ago, Democratic lawyers filed a lawsuit alleging Romanelli did not have enough valid signatures for ballot status. Romanelli, who has received significant funding by Republican donors and received praise from GOP incumbent US Senator Rick Santorum’s campaign, was considered a potential “spoiler” by drawing votes from pro-choice Democrats dissatisfied with Casey’s socially conservative stance. The Romanelli campaign will make a final attempt to reduce the high signature requirement in an appeal to the State Supreme Court, but legal observers say the odds do not favor Romanelli on the appeal.
Writer: David Jimenez - 09.27.06
VIRGINIA: SENATOR ALLEN’S N-WORD PROBLEM.
as if THE “macaca” and “I’m not Jewish (okay, maybe I am)” incidents weren’t enough, more stories are surfacing about US Senator George Allen’s (R-VA) youth attitudes towards race issues. Three college football teammates told Salon magazine that Allen showed obvious racial prejudices and attitudes during college. “Allen said he came to Virginia because he wanted to play football in a place where ‘blacks knew their place,’” said radiologist Dr. Ken Shelton, who played football with Allen on the University of Virgina team. Another anonymous teammate noted that Allen frequently used the “N-word” to describe African-Americans. Respected political scholar Larry Sabato, who was also at the school when Allen attended, stated he knows “for a fact” that Allen used the N-word while in college. Shelton also reported Allen called him “Wizard” because he shared the same last name with Robert Shelton, unrelated, who was the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Classmate Shelton also told Salon that during a hunting trip with Allen and a fellow football player, the future Senator stuffed the decapitated head of a deer into the mailbox of a local black family. Allen has apologized for wearing a Confederate flag pin in the past, but he vigorously denies ever holding racist views, ever uttering the N-word, or anything related to the deer-head allegations. Allen’s campaign noted that other former teammates do not recall Allen showing any racist tendencies, nor did any others corroborate Shelton’s account. Allen, a potential 2008 Presidential candidate, is facing an increasingly competitive challenge from former Navy Secretary James Webb (D).
Writer: David Jimenez - 09.27.06
HAWAII: GOP PICKS REPLACEMENT NOMINEE FOR US SENATE RACE.
Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (R) selected State Representative Cynthia Thielen to be the replacement GOP nominee against US Senator Dan Akaka (D) in November. Thielen — an attorney and 16-year veteran of the state legislature — replaces decorated military veteran Jerry Coffee. Coffee withdrew several weeks ago after suffering serious medical problems but, with Lingle’s endorsement, still won last weekend’s primary. The new nominee surprisingly embracing her party label openly in this Dem-leaning swing state: “I’m not a place holder — I’m in this race to win. I am running to be Senator in a Republican Congress and Administration.” Akaka is still rated safe for the general election, but Thielen will be a credible candidate.
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